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Part One

Series Episode Number: 576

World Premiere: Mon 22 Mar 1982 - 6:57pm GMT [BBC One: Not Wales] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Sun 5 Jun 1983 - 11:00pm CDT [WTTW 11 Chicago]
Running Time: 24 minutes 56 seconds

10.00 Million (UK)


Chart Position: 26 () (UK)

Recorded on Mon 19 Jan 1981 in Television Centre 8



When a Speedbird Concorde disappears back through a crack in time, the Doctor takes another Concorde to follow its trail, unaware that a mysterious conjuror, Kalid, waits for him.

Characters hide uncredited
The DoctorPeter Davison
NyssaSarah Sutton
TeganJanet Fielding
Captain StapleyRichard Easton
Flight Engineeer ScobieKeith Drinkel
First Officer BiltonMichael Cashman
HortonPeter Dahlsen
SheardBrian McDermott
Captain UrquhartJohn Flint
AndrewsPeter Cellier
Angela CliffordJudith Byfield
KalidLeon Ny Taiy
American PassengerJack Horton (uncredited)
American PassengerJohn Dair (uncredited)
BusinessmanBrychan Powell (uncredited)
BusinessmanCharles Milward (uncredited)
BusinessmanEdward Fraser (uncredited)
BusinessmanJay Roberts (uncredited)
BusinessmanJim Morris (uncredited)
BusinessmanLeslie Adama (uncredited)
BusinessmanLeslie Weekes (uncredited)
BusinessmanRichard Atherton (uncredited)
BusinessmanSimon Joseph (uncredited)
Chief Terminal Duty OfficerRon Gregory (uncredited)
Female PassengerBerverly Jennings (uncredited)
Female PassengerHazel Cave (uncredited)
Female PassengerJackie Noble (uncredited)
Female PassengerLiz D'Estere (uncredited)
Female PassengerMaggie Pilleau (uncredited)
Flight CrewDavid Rogue (uncredited)
Flight CrewRichard Bonehill (uncredited)
PhotographerKevin O'Brian (uncredited)
Plane extraAlison McGuire (uncredited)
Plane extraClark Stephens (uncredited)
Plane extraDan Long (uncredited)
Plane extraGeorge Romanov (uncredited)
Plane extraJane Bough (uncredited)
Plane extraLionel Sansby (uncredited)
Plane extraPaul Heasman (uncredited)
Plane extraTony Snell (uncredited)
PlasmatonChris Holmes (uncredited)
PlasmatonGiles Melville (uncredited)
PlasmatonGraham Jarvis (uncredited)
PlasmatonMartin Grant (uncredited)
PlasmatonSteve Fideli (uncredited)
PolicemanJames Muir (uncredited)
PolicemanPat Gorman (uncredited)
Security ManJohn Cannon (uncredited)
Security ManReg Woods (uncredited)
Security ManRidgewell Hawkes (uncredited)
Security ManSteve Ismay (uncredited)
Security ManTommy Winward (uncredited)
StewardBarney Laurence (uncredited)
SupervisorDouglas Stark (uncredited)
SupervisorKen Sedd (uncredited)
Production Teamhide uncredited
WriterPeter Grimwade
DirectorRon Jones
ProducerJohn Nathan-Turner
DesignerRichard McManan-Smith
Script EditorEric Saward
Title SequenceSid Sutton
Costume DesignerAmy Roberts
Makeup DesignerDorka Nieradzik
Studio LightingEric Wallis
Studio SoundMartin Ridout
Technical Manager (TM2)Peter Granger
Senior CameramanAlec Wheal
Videotape EditorRod Waldron
Visual Effects DesignerPeter Logan
Video EffectsDave Chapman
Vision MixerNigel Finnis
Film CameramanPeter Chapman
Film SoundJohn Gatland
Film EditorMike Houghton
Production ManagerLiz Mace
Production AssociateAngela Smith
Production AssistantJoan Elliott
Assistant Floor ManagerLynn Richards
Incidental MusicRoger Limb
Special SoundDick Mills
Grams OperatorTony Revell (uncredited)
Studio EngineerPhil Irons (uncredited)
Studio EngineerChris Nickolls (uncredited)
Floor AssistantCharles Beeson (uncredited)
Show Working SupervisorBill Lovely (uncredited)
Lighting ChargehandNorman Fuggles (uncredited)
Lighting ChargehandTed Gogarty (uncredited)
Visual Effects AssistantGeorge Reed (uncredited)
GraphicsIan Hewett (uncredited)
Film LightingPeter Robinson (uncredited)
Film Camera AssistantDoug Campbell (uncredited)
Film Sound AssistantGordon Lester (uncredited)
GripRoy Caney (uncredited)
Film 0perations ManagerGraham Richmond (uncredited)
Film OperationsBrian Simmonds (uncredited)
Film OperationsRoy Spratley (uncredited)
Film OperationsLes Thomas (uncredited)
BookerSarah Bird (uncredited)
Booking AssistantSheila Hodges (uncredited)
Props BuyerAlan Huxley (uncredited)
Design AssistantDerek Evans (uncredited)
Makeup (Assistant)Wendy Freeman (uncredited)
Production SecretaryJane Judge (uncredited)
DresserMervin Bezar (uncredited)
DresserRobin Smith (uncredited)
DresserHeather Williams (uncredited)
Title MusicRon Grainer (uncredited)
Title Music ArrangerPeter Howell (uncredited)
Nyssa created byJohnny Byrne (uncredited)